Improved method of preserving flour, grain



J. CARLIN.

Flourrand Grain Preservar.

Patented Oct. 2, 1866.

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Inventum Witnesses:

AM. PHOTOLITHQCQNN. (OSBORNE'S PROCESSJ UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE JOSEPH CARLIN'yOl CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVED METHOD OF PRESERVING FLOUR, GRAIN, 84C.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH GARL1N,of Gincinuati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Flour and Grain Preserver; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

This invention consists in the provision of balls or blocks of unglazedpottery or like po-` rous material in barrels, bins, or other receptacles of Hour and grain for the purpose of absorbing their superfluous moisture, so as to preserve them from souring, molding, and fermentation.

Figure lis an axial section of agrain bin or hopper provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a similar section of a tlour-barrel. Fig. 3 shows a modilication of my invention applied to a Hour-barrel.

A represents balls or blocks of unglazed pottery suspended by wires, wire ropes, or

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,374, dated October 2, 1866.

cords B from brackets C, which project from the inner walls of the grain-bin l).

For very large bins I provide one or more wire or other ropes, B', suspended from the top of the bin, and supporting at suitable iutervals masses A of un glazed pottery.

For a flour-barrel or the like I )rovide a block, A, suspended by Wire or rope at or near Vthe lniddle of the barrel, or a long narrow pillar, A'", extending from head to head.

I claim herein as new and of my invention- The mode of preserving our und' grain from sourin g by suspending masses of un glazed pottery, or its equivalent, within the barrel, bin, or other receptacle, substantially us set forth.

vIn testimony ot' which invention I hereunto set my hand.

Jos. CARLIN. 

